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Language Games Ages 12 and up
| Vocabulary and Figurative Language |
- Other games for older children to practice
with vocabulary, word relationships and meaning include Loaded Questions, Wise and Otherwise,
25 Words or Less, and Imatchaination, Thryme,
and Scattegories
- Games like Wordigo and Lexogon work with vocabulary
knowledge.
- Have children work with poetry, riddles,
analogies, word chains and mysteries made up for other children to solve to help
practice using language in a variety of ways.
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| Word Structure and Meaning |
- Have older children (12 years old and up)
work with anagrams, create
acronyms and construct mysteries to have others
solve. The Book of Word Games
by David Parlet provides suggestions for older
children to work with word structure and word
meanings.
- Games for older children to work with
abstract language include Picture This
and Fiction Word Scrabble. Read
alternative play directions for Fiction Word
Scrabble.
- Games that explore the changes in
meaning and structure of words include
Anagramania, Word Thief, Beheaded, Scrabble,
Derivation and Keesdrow.
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| Context and Narratives |
- There are story telling and narrative
games for older children to support
their organization of language to concisely
describe an event. Games include Once
Upon a Time and Nano Fictionary. (Available
at www.looneylabs.com.)
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One game that is useful
to help children of all ages to become acquainted
with a game without winning or competition is the
Ungame. The purpose of this game is to encourage
children to listen, generate thoughts, and to stimulate
conversation. (Available at amazon.com ) |
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